I find art easier than writing, actually

[migxmeg]

witchcraft, magic, the DARK ARTS!

I feel just like that but for writing/story-crafting . Whenever I try it I'm like... what.... huh? How do people talk? What does a coherent sequence of events even look like?

[frgmnt]

As of now, I'm an artist first... and writer far second. Which is kind of ironic considering it used to be the opposite way around for many years when I was younger, and I began drawing as a kid to illustrate the stories I was already making.

Idk, it's just so hard to write a coherent story When trying to plot and structure stories my brain just doesn't want to cooperate, and my imagination apparently ceases to exist.

I'm not that good with actual writing (aside from storytelling), either. I don't have a particularly good way with words, my vocabulary sucks, I don't know how to express anything. I can't even pretend it's because English is not my native language, because in my native language, I'm just as bad, if not worse.
I probably badly lack practice with writing, and could improve if I worked on that... but I just don't enjoy practicing writing in the same way I enjoy practicing art.

[Iris-Grimoire]

I'm an artist first, but I find writing wayyy easier, but on a physical level. It really is MUCH easier to conceptualize a picture than a written scene, character voices, etc... But in the end of the day, the amount of each I can do before I get tired or my hand gets sore is not even a contest. I can write in a day what a comic (or even just storytelling illustrations) would take a year to get to.

[rajillustration]

Yeah I'm the opposite as well. I write for fun, actually, it's not really my job, and so there's just a lot less stress there. It's so much more enjoyable for me. But with art I'm always trying to push myself because everything I draw represents me on a professional level. And that's not to dismiss the talent of writing, because it takes a long time to develop and yeah, it's hard to do. And yeah, I also can't listen to music with words when I write, but that's not to say it's harder for me than the art is, it just takes concentration time.

And honestly, I think art and writing are so intertwined in comic creation, that you can't truly dismiss the fact that when you are setting up the composition of your panels and laying out the words and all that--you're still writing. It's a visual form of communication, but that is communication. The expressions I give to my characters is still something I think a lot about, and even if the episode were completely silent, I need to be able to tell a story by the unspoken dialogue of character movement and panel composition. So like...what's hard about writing is still something you have to do in art all the time.

I don't really go into auto-mode until I get to the coloring stage, and even then, I'll still have to sit back and make color drafts to make sure everything will sync in the end. And then, after I'm done with art...it's back to doing stretching exercises because I get mad carpal tunnel. So like...there is a physical aspect to it that like...it's comparing apples and oranges with art and writing, but for me art is like running sprints, and writing is like walking a mountain. Both are hard and satisfying in different ways, and both can compliment the other and make you stronger.

[R.n.P]

Same here, hence why I got a writer, it's less stressful, plus it's nice having someone to butt heads with n debate comic ideas with

[joannekwan]

I like drawing illustrations, and since I've been drawing for a long time now, it flows easily for me. I can draw with distractions going on around me, but damn is it harder to write when others are having a conversation. Like my mind will gravitate toward the words being spoken instead of focusing on the words I have to craft. However, the TV doesn't affect this. I often write late at night with the TV on something mindless like HGTV or the Food Network.

However, I still prefer writing as my main story-telling medium. It's just simply faster to complete a whole story than with comics. My comic took 5 years to complete whereas my novel (with a much more intricate plot) was finished in little over 1 year.

[SpavVy]

I can come up with good scenes and plots, but I find writing them as a script to be rather difficult which I have been doing for years. Now I just write down things I don't want to forget such as dialogue and drafts and then I just carefully storyboard chapters. But that's just what works for me.

[NickRowler]

I am somewhat similar, I need complete silence to write anything. I have auditory processing disorder and sometimes my brain can't really filter sounds and words properly and I often feel very overloaded.

I find drawing easier because I do not have to do this. I also find math easy for the exact same reason.

While making art that looks good may take time. I feel like writing something that isn't a jumbled mess takes far longer.

[LadyLily]

For me, it depends upon my mood and what's going on with my mind. When I'm in the writing mode, I can't draw anything because my brain is so chaotic. Art, however, will calm my mind and put me into a meditative state. I love them both the same. They know how to appease my ever-changing mental state lol.

[LadyLily]

Creating stories on the other hand? I can do that in my sleep. Literally, l go to bed, wake up, and all these ideas and stories are swimming in my head. If I'm stuck on a story on how to progress, I go to bed, wake up, and the solution is there.

YES! A good majority of my work comes from my dreams. If I reach a spot that has me wondering which way to go or how to resolve something my jerk of a subconscious thought would be a great idea, I fall asleep in the shower and wake up with a solution.

I love meeting someone like me!!!

[VibrantFox]

Personally art for me is a lot easier even though both require a lot of focus. I think with drawing even where there's a difficult pose or a lot of details I'm not struggling too much because once I'm in the zone i'm in it and not a lot can pull me out unless it's like, super distracting

meanwhile with writing I have to have like laser focus and a clear head not to mention specific environment elements depending on what i'm writing. like committing words to page is challenging for me and unless i've already kind of got a flow going everything feels janky. conceptualizing ideas is a no brainier but phrasing things in a way that works is a piece of work which is probably why i'm dedicated to comics than novels but hold high respect for our wordsmiths out there

like one thing i have to wonder for writers is do you also have the thing where you can only listen to certain music while writing a scene (if you do choose to listen to music) otherwise your brain starts coming up with scenes that fit the song playing? because if i'm writing a quiet dialogue scene i can't have something high power and action-y because then my brain starts going into that space and i wanna script a fight scene or something

[hakei]

Aahh same — as an artist, writing takes much more out of me than drawing.

I've done illustrations for years now, so drawing feels natural and doesn't require too much mental focus whereas when I'm writing dialogue and plot points, I have to be almost hyperfocused, undistracted, and so forth. I could be writing from my bed, but I still feel extremely drained because of the brain juice it requires

[DiegoPalacios]

both abilities take hardwork and require different skills. Mad respect for artists and writers alike